Rockland, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Smith River-Gasquet census division. It stands on Diamond Creek. The Survey maps it on the High Plateau Mountain quadrangle. It stands 912 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1922 USGS Preston Peak quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Gasquet quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Gasquet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Weed quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Gasquet NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS High Plateau Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Happy Camp quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS High Plateau Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Rockland between 1994 and 2020, burning about 499,988 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | ROWDY 2 |
| 16 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | SOURDOUGH |
| 14 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | SOURDOUGH |
| 12 September 2017 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Six Rivers National Forest | HOLE |
| 9 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Six Rivers National Forest | NORTH FORK 2 |
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Six Rivers National Forest | FORK |
| 23 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest | SLATE |
| 23 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Six Rivers National Forest | ROWDY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 98 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Rockland: 51 occurrences, 25 past producers, 9 unknowns, 7 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Mercury, Copper, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears Nest | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Blue Gravel | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Bonanza Claim | Chromium, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Platinum | Past Producer | 1941, 1942 | |
| Cleopatra-Taylor Creek | Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Keystone | Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Copper | |
| Ni-Cal | Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, PGE | Prospect | ||
| Smith River | Cobalt, Nickel, Chromium | Occurrence | Soil | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Chromium, Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Chromium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Palladium, Platinum | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Cleopatra Nickel Deposit | Nickel, Iron, Cobalt, Chromium | Occurrence | 1975 |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gasquet | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| Patrick Creek | 9.6 miles | 22 | |
| Adams Station | 9.7 miles | 21 | |
| Darlingtonia | 10.0 miles | 21 | |
| Lawyers Bar (historical) | 10.3 miles | 21 | |
| Smith River | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| French Hill | 10.8 miles | 21 | |
| Idlewild | 11.6 miles | 22 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q7355414 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682281. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.










